Burial-vault.



PATENTED SEPT. 25, 1906.

No. a31,v99

' J. B. MURRAY.

y BURIAL VAULT.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.14. 1905.

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BURIAL VAULT.

APPLIOATION FILED D120. 14. 1905.

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'BURIAL-VAULT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented Sept. 25, 190,6.

Application filed December 14, 1905. Serial No. 291.753.

n To aZZ whom it may conc-ern:

j Be it known that I, JOHN BRUFF MURRAY,

a citizen of the United. States, residing at.

Ashland, in the countyof Ashland andState 5 of Ohio, have invented la new and useful Burial-Vault, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to burial-vaults formed of cement or other-plastic material; i o and its prime object is to secure strength and durability at a of cost.

It is furthermorezdesigned to lemploy 4a novel arrangement of wires in the construc-` tion of the vault, so as to compensate for contractionand expansion, and thereby to prevent checking and cracking of the walls ofV the vault underclimatic changes.

during the filling of the grave.

With theseand other ob] I present invention consistsin thecombmaf tion and arrangement of parts, as will. b e

vhereinaftermore fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, andl particularly pointed outI 1n the appended claim, it' being .understood that changes in the form,

3o pro ortion, size, and minor details may be.

'ma e within thel scope of the claim without departing from the spirit or sacriicing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective' 5 view of a burial-vault embodying the fea turesy of the present invention. VFig. 2',is a cross-sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 isla detail view of the Wire'rame to be embedded in the cover of the vault.' Fig. 4 is a detail 4o view of the wire frame to be embedded in one of the side Walls of the vault. Fig. 5 is a' detail view of the wire frame tobe embedded in one of the end walls of the vault.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawmgs.

As hereinbefore indicated, itis proposed to `form fthe present vault from plastic material, which is preferab'l following proportionsz' iron-ore slag, two hundred pounds; coke'- dust, one hundred pounds; ground cinders, fifty pounds; rosin, eight pounds.

5 5 The several .ingredients in the proportions and the sideand end walls o l Each longitudinal side wall is produced in made up of iron-ore slag, cinders, and rosin, -in the` enumeratedl are mixed with water into aV plastic condltion, such as may, e oured into frames or molds `for giving tlie esired configuration to the walls of the vault In buildin up the vault of the present invention theottom 1 is formed vby pouring the composition into a mold or. frame, so as 'to produce a layer ofmaterial about one inch thick,l whereuponkinked wires 2 are placed uponthis layer, and then another layer is Ipourednpon the irstmentioned layer, so as tohave t e kinked wires embedded centrally in the bottom slab of the vault.l The longir l tudinal-edges and endedges of the base-slab are left in the rough, so as to insure a snug and rigid joint between the evault.

the manner described for the base and has embedded therein a frame .made up of kinked wires including top and bottom members 3 ,and 4,.which are connected by end members 5. AI series of cross-wires 6 extend -between andare connected to the top and bottom wires 3 and 4v by being twisted around the same, and inclined brace-wires 7 extend from points at .oradjacent the lower corners of the edges ofthe base f t 'frame .upwardly and inwardly to the middleI of the upper member 3, each of the braces being twisted around such of the other wires as are crOSSedthereby, as indicated at 8. In ad'- dition to the cross-wires and the brace-wires there are two or more longitudinal wires 9, which are twisted about the otherv wires whereverrthey cross the same.` The frame `thus described is embedded centrally in the Vsde wall inthe manner described for the bases ab. f

As bft'shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, it will be noted that the exterior ofl each side wall 10 ,is molded so as to produce upper and lower externallongitudinal ribs 11 and 12, terminal cross-ribs 13, an intermediate upright cross-rib 14, and diagonal ribs l5, the latter extending from the lower corners of the side wall upwardly to the middle of the upper edge thereof, whereby the said wall is materially strengthened. Attention is here directed -to the fact that the wires of the frame which is embedded in the side wall are arran ed so that certain of the wires are includrgl in the respective strengthening-ribs of' the wall, thereby to preserve the integrity of the ribs, and thus increase the strength and durability of thewall.

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Each end Wall 16 is provided upon its eX- terior With a eri heral rib 17, and in this end wall is embe de a ramelmade up .of kinked Wires, as shown in Fig. 5, said frame including side Wires 18, cross-,Wires 19, and diagonal. Wires 2O,l said wires being intertWisted at their points of crossing, as inthe side frame. The lid or cover 21 is in the form of an arch and has embedded thereina Wire frame, as shown in Fig. 3, said'frame including side wires 22, end Wires 23, cross-wires 24:, a lon? gitudinal wire 25, and diagonal Wires 26, .the Wires of course being intertwisted at their points of crossing. Loop-shaped handles 2 7 are suitably secured to the longitudinal `Wire 25 and project above the lid 0r cover, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings, As best shown in Fig. -2 of the' drawings, it' will ble. noted that the lid or cover has a lower let, portion, as at 28, so -as to rest upon the flat upper edges ofthe side and' end walls of the,` vault'. From the flat portion 28 the lid or cover -is beveled or inclined upwardly and outwardly,- as at 29, and this beveled portion is of a length to project beyond the side and end Walls of the realt. Each side and end Wall of the vault is beveled upwardly and lli- Wardly atits top edge, as at .30, so as. to meet the mner lower'end ofthe beveled portion 29 ofthe lid or cover, and thereby form an annular V-shaped groove or seat to receive plastic cement for sealing the lid, so as to hermetically seal the vault.

In lfactice the vault, with the cover ref move is lowered into the rave, after which the lid or cover lowere upon the vault, and then plastic material is applied by a trowel or otherwise to the annular groeve or seat formed between the top of the vault andthe cover, and then the graveis lille/d inthe usual manner. It will here be noted that by .reasonl of the lid or cover proeeting eXter.- Wallsvof the nally beyond 'theside and 'en vault the green plastic seal is ,protected from the dirt which is beingthrown into the grave,

and therefore the seal remains intact during the illing of the grave.

In connection with the preferred ingredients Which make up the plastic material I andthe life of the vau t is therebyrnaterially increased.

Having AA burial-vault, comprising a body'portion, a cement cover engaging the bod portion, an arched reinforcing-frame embe dedin the cover and consisting of s aoed longitudinal and transverse oorrugate wires, the 'longitudinal Wires being intertwisted with the transverse Wires, da cual bracefwires interseetlng l,tlm interme .iste longitudinal wires engl mtertwlsted therewith and with .the @timeout transverse .wlres, and' handles spaced above the top of the cover and each formed of' asingle' piece otl Wire the. opposite ends of which are coiled in opposite direcf tions around the intermediate longitudinal wireand beer aesinet the ad'acent transverse wires between tahediegonal, races thereby to 100k thehendle aganstlaecidental displacement'.

rey own l have hereto aixed ,my signature '1n the presence of two'witnesses-,

JOHN BRUFF MURRAY.

VVitnesse's;

H. M. HARLEY, Gasen BniN-1ER.-

thus described the invention, what is claimed. is@

In testimony that I claim foregoing as 

